New Mineral with Modular Structure Derived from Hatrurite from the Pyrometamorphic Rocks of the Hatrurim Complex: Ariegilatite, BaCa12(SiO4)4(PO4)2F2O, from Negev Desert, Israel

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Yevgeny Vapnik¹  Evgeny V. Galuskin²  Irina O. Galuskina²  Biljana Krüger³  Hannes Krüger³  Mikhail Murashko⁴  Justyna A. Wojdyla⁵ 

[1] Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland;Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Geology, 7-9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia;Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland;

关键词: ariegilatite;    nabimusaite group;    new mineral;    crystal structure;    intercalated hexagonal antiperovskite;    CO3-group;    Raman;    pyrometamorphic rocks;    Hatrurim Complex;   

DOI  :  10.3390/min8030109

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Ariegilatite, BaCa12(SiO4)4(PO4)2F2O (R 3 ¯ m, a = 7.1551(6) Å, c = 41.303(3) Å, V = 1831.2(3) Å3, Z = 3), is a new member of the nabimusaite group exhibiting a modular intercalated antiperovskite structure derived from hatrurite. It was found in a few outcrops of pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Complex located in the territories of Israel, Palestine and Jordan. The holotype specimen is an altered spurrite marble from the Negev Desert near Arad city, Israel. Ariegilatite is associated with spurrite, calcite, brownmillerite, shulamitite, CO3-bearing fluorapatite, fluormayenite-fluorkyuygenite and a potentially new mineral, Ba2Ca18(SiO4)6(PO4)3(CO3)F3O. Ariegilatite is overgrown and partially replaced by stracherite, BaCa6(SiO4)2[(PO4)(CO3)]F. The mineral forms flat disc-shaped crystals up to 0.5 mm in size. It is colorless, transparent, with white steaks and vitreous luster. Optically, ariegilatite is uniaxial, negative: ω = 1.650(2), ε = 1.647(2) (λ = 589 nm). The mean composition of the holotype ariegilatite, (Ba0.98K0.01Na0.01)Σ1(Ca11.77Na0.08Fe2+0.06Mn2+0.05Mg0.04)Σ12(Si3.95Al0.03Ti0.02)Σ4(P1.70C0.16Si0.10S6+0.03V0.01)Σ2F2.04O0.96, is close to the end-member formula. The structure of ariegilatite is described as a stacking of the two modules {F2OCa12(SiO4)4}4+ and {Ba(PO4)2}4− along (001). Ariegilatite, as well as associated stracherite, are high-temperature alteration products of minerals of an early clinker-like association. These alterations took place under the influence of pyrometamorphism by-products, such as gases and fluids generated by closely-spaced combustion foci.

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